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Books to know by the end of the 8th grade

Reading clasical literature reveals the universal experience of life, improves the mind, and inspires one to higher ideals. We recommend the following public domain eTexts for students in grades 5-8.

Title and link to details	Author
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Arthur Conan Doyle
Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Mark Twain
Alhambra, The	Wahington Irving
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Lewis Carroll
Around the World in Eighty Days	Jules Verne
Bird's Christmas Carol	Kate Wiggin
Black Arrow, The	Robert Louis Stevenson
Call of the Wild	Jack London
Canterbury Tales	Geofrey Chaucer
Captains Courageous	Rudyard Kipling
Christmas Carol, A	Charles Dickens
Count of Monte Christo	Alexander Dumas
David Copperfield	Charles Dickens
Deerslayer, The	James Fenimore Cooper
Dracula	Bram Stoker
Ethan Frome	Edith Wharton
Frankenstein	Mary Shelley
Gulliver's Travels	Jonathan Swift
Hero Tales from American History	Henry C. Lodge
Jane Eyre	Charlotte Bronte
Journey to the Interior of the Earth	Jules Verne
Kidnapped	Robert Louis Stevenson
Last of the Mohicans	James Fenimore Cooper
Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Washington Irving
Lorna Doone	Richard Blackmore
Man Without a Country	Edward Everett Hale
Moby Dick	Herman Melville
Prince and the Pauper	Mark Twain
Silas Marner	George Elliot
Three Musketeers	Alexandre Dumas
Penrod	Booth Tarkington
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain
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Books to know by the end of the 8th grade